blunder
Example Sentences
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That he didn’t follow through makes issuing the threat, to begin with, a huge strategic blunder.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2026
The narrator creates a small scandal by jokingly telling the story of his transcription blunder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
Maybe not switching sooner was a blunder, but you are on the right track to correcting that.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
The best picture blunder has kept “Moonlight” and “La La Land” under the microscope for nine years now, and made the incident the blueprint for each ensuing Oscar season’s inevitable drama.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
As she said this, her voice lilted with sarcasm, as if this blunder, after everything else—after joking about the Holocaust and glancing at her test—was too much and she was done with me.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing blunder
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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English Words Derived from Old Norse
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